Classic car collecting can be an especially satisfying means with which to invest one’s money—after all, stocks, bonds and gold ingots can’t be taken out and driven on the open road on a sunny summer’s day. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the riskier avenues for appreciation, with only a slim number of highly desired collectibles […]
Audi Group’s electric vehicle deliveries increased 60% year-on-year – and if you want to know what driving one of the luxury carmaker’s fully-electric feels like, Forbes Australia can tell you. In the company’s most recent earnings report, Audi Group revealed its revenue rose to 50.4 billion euro (AU$83 billion), with operating profits at 4.6 billion […]
It’s been four years since Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the EV maker’s most polarizing vehicle to date, the so-called Cybertruck. All we’ve seen thus far is the stainless steel-bodied prototype that takes the traditional two-box pickup design to the realm of science fiction with its abrupt angles and wedge-shaped design, not to mention its […]
A rare Ferrari 330 LM / 250 GTO from 1962 has sold for US$47 million plus fees (AU$78m) at auction in New York, falling short of its estimate of $60 million but setting a new record for a Ferrari sold at auction. The Monday sale, which came in at $51.7 million including fees, did not […]
What a Tesla road trip taught the CEO of Australia’s largest network of EV charging stations. In March, I took the plunge and drove from my home in Melbourne to Adelaide and back again in an Electric Vehicle – a Tesla – for a journey of over 1500 kilometres (you can read my detailed blog […]
It was love at first drive getting into the ultra-posh Range Rover, whose insides rival any high-end office or swank lounge in appearance, scent and touch. Land Rover has a reputation for building gargantuan vehicles, but the tight efficiency and smart looks of the Range Rover make it much more manageable and a pleasure to […]
It’s the start of a new era for luxury car maker Rolls-Royce as its first fully electric vehicle, the Spectre, arrives Down Under. But be warned, there’s a waitlist. The car, which debuted in Australia in early November, marks the first step in a pledge to have every Rolls-Royce running on electricity by 2030. Australia […]
Jaguar Land Rover, or JLR as its corporate identity is now called, is fighting back. Earlier this year, the company relaunched itself as a “House of Brands” comprising Jaguar, Defender, Discovery and Range Rover. This included a £15 billion ($18.5 billion) investment pledge over five years. Now details have emerged how some of that money will be […]
What if the Land Rover Defender was turned into a convertible two-seater? That’s the question posed by Kahn Design, a British firm best known for customizing SUVs. The result is a Defender 90 with its rear seats and roof removed. In their place in a pronounced cowl made from aluminium and fitted with integrated roll hoops. The […]
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its Concept CLA Class at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich, Germany. The upcoming vehicle is part of the group’s first family of complete electric vehicles. Alongside a glass roof, low-energy LED lights in a star pattern and a supercomputing AI system to facilitate automated driving, a major feature of the […]